Miami Hurricane, May 01, 1959

              Prof Gets Axe; Red Ties
By STEVE WEEKS
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It was disclosed by University officials earlier this week that a physics professor, whose stepfather had 11 years ago been linked with Communist activities, has been relieved of his duties with the research branch of the Physics Department.
Dr. Anatole Boris Volkov, in a telephone interview from his stepfather’s home in Love Ladies, N.J., stated that he was dismissed by the University after being paid through May 31, the termination date of his contract period.
"I came to Miami on a one-year contract. It was not renewed." he said.
Explaining the University’s action in the matter, Dr. Charles Doren Tharp, vice president
and dean of faculties, stated that “In the Marine laboratories (where Volkov was employed), certain government contracts are handled for which security clearance is necessary.
"Dr. Volkov could not be cleared for government supported research and therefore his usefulness for the University was ended." he said.
Volkov’s stepfather, Nathan G. Silvermaster, was accused in 1948 of heading a spy ring which handed over top-secret FBI documents to Communist agents at hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Affairs.
Silvermaster was also accused in the Judith Coplin trials of subversive activities and of being a leader of this spy group.
It was not disclosed whether Volkov’s release
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Originally hired by the University in September to conduct research in the Marine lab, Volkov was transferred to the Physics Department in December when the Marine lab got a government contract to do secret research.
UM Public Information Director William S. Howland said. "The government agencies involved thought he (Volkov) shouldn't be allowed to work in the same lab."
According to Physics Department chairman Harry Robertson, Volkov was engaged in private research at the time of his dismissal.
Dr. Volkov is a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He received his PhD in 1954 from the University of Wisconsin.
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Special Committee Set To Look Into SU Mess
SWORN TO SILENCE. these three Burmese monks of Dr. H. Franklin Williams (L.), vice president and director of community affairs, this week. The monks were here under the U. S. State Department exchange program.
In West Miami
Students Surrender To Police After Wild Automobile Chase
A 29-year old engineering student and a 22-year old law student enrolled at UM were arrested early Thursday morning by two West Miami policemen following a wild, 100-mile-an-hour chase along the Tamiami trail.
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The two students, Norman F. Friedel and Joseph L. Fortin Jr., were apprehended shortly before 4 a.m. after a high-speed two-mile chase. Friedel, who was driving the automobile, was booked for investigation of auto theft He had no driver’s license. Fortin was charged with being drunk.
The car, it was later found, is owned by Dolores Sapia, a waitress at the Gaslight Inn. a late spot on 57th avenue near the Trail.
Since the students were caught on the north side of the Trail, in the City of Miami, they were turned over to the Miami police.
Friedel was held by the Miami police for four hours then released. Fortin, however, will remain in jail until investigations on the auto theft charge are completed.
The desk clerk at the police station where Fortin Is being held, said that the charge against the youth might be “Using a car without the permission of the owner.” He explained that this was not as serious a charge as auto theft, which is a felony.
Noble Hendrix, dean of students, said that there will definitely be a University hearing on the case.” Ben E. David, dean of men, was not available for comment. Philip R. Campbell, Dean David’s assistant, said “A thorough investigation will be made and proper action taken.”
Debate Team Bows In West Point Meet
Debaters Steve Slepin and Richard Essen survived eight qualifying rounds and one elimination round before they were knocked out of the national West Point debate tournament April 25.
Their defeat in the quarter finals left them with a four-way tie for fifth through eighth rankings in the tournament.
This ranking is the highest attained by any of the southern teams. Florida, Wake Forest, and South Carolina were eliminated in earlier rounds.
This was the third time that Slepin participated in the national tournament and the first for Essen. Last year, representing Miami, Slepin and Leroy Howe, assistant to President Jay F. W. Pearson, finished with the same ranking.
Slepin is a senior philosophy major and has been on the varsity debate team for four years. Essen is a junior government major in the School of Business Administration, and has been on the varsity for three years.
Donald Sprague, debate coach and associate professor of human relations, accompanied Slepin and Essen on the trip for the tournament, which ran from Tuesday through Saturday, April 21-25.
Library Study Also Planned As UAC Acts
Ex-Coed Slaps $5,000 Suit On Coral Gables
By LAURIE SCHMIDT Hirricait JUuciiti Edittr
The Undergraduate Council has appointed a special committee to look into the present inadequacies of the Student Union and Library which has been under fire from students recently.
The decision to take Council action on the situation came amid an outcry on campus over the past few weeks concerning the over-crowded problem in and around the SU.
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Miss Cohen termed the lack of space In the SU “deplorable" after hearing reports from other student groups who have been doing individual research on the problem.
She said the purpose of the committee is to investigate the situation which has been building to a head for many years.
“We really do not have a Student Union at this time and that has been harmful in trying to build spirit among the student body,” she said.
“Many facilities at the University are inadequate,” she said, “but the library and Student Union head the list.”
She praised the efforts of Directoi of Student Activities Dr. Thurston Adams and his assistant. Norman “Chink” Whitten, for their tireless efforts to make the best of a bad situation.
Upon learning that the UC had established a special committee within her development council to look into the situation, Miss Cohen nominated Joe Bagby, Phyllis Gotlieb. Harry Duberson, Susan Dunkel and Steve Weeks to serve as its members.
At its meeting last Tuesday the Council voted quick approval of the (Continued on Page 2A)
By BOB LEVIN and BARBARA McALPINE HsrrlciM Its* Rtpirttr
A confusion of charges, counter charges, withdrawal of charges, denial of charges, and consistently conflicting charges involving a former UM coed and the Coral Gables police, has erupted around a simple three-dollar parking ticket resulting in a suit in excess of $5,000 against that city.
The former coed, Mrs. Patricia Kasha said she was suing on the grounds of unlawful arrest, imprisonment and malice on the part of Coral Gables police officers.
It all began when she received a letter from the office of the Dean of Women on March 2, 1959, informing her that if she did not wish to be removed from class by a policeman she should report to Temporary Building 94 within two days.
The next morning she went to the building. Officer C. J. Callahan of the campus force told her that a warrant had been issued for her arrest for ignoring notices to pay a three dollar parking fine.
The ticket had been written on a Cadillac in her mother's name, Mrs. Ruth Lowe, on November 13, 1958.
Her father, Alvin B. Lowe, had paid the ticket a month later.
“I noticed that the name, Ruth, was originally on the warrant, but it was scratched out and Patricia written in. I told the officer that the warrant was made out to my mother and not CALLAHAN me,” she said.
Mrs. Kasha said that she was forced to go to the police station at this time.
(However, according to William Burton, City Attorney for Coral Gables, Callahan told her that
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Inside The Hurricane
Carni-Gras is over but the memory lingers on. This year's event was described by Chairman Joe Bagby as, ‘The most successful Cami-Gras ever." This week’s Hurricane brings back some of the noise and glamour of the event on page IB.
A federal grant of $83,434 has made it possible for UM to pioneer work in the field of education by television. This summer English courses are planned for high school seniors who plan to attend the University of Miami in the fall. For details, see story on page 2-A.
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